The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-01-22
MOrmOnism.
OAKLAND, Nd, Jan. II, 1887

five weeks"
Let US consider this matter, fellow
citizens:
1t is difficult to present the facts as
they really'eX without a general
resume of the whole Mormon church
history. People ask, what is Nor
monism ? or what is the church of the
Latter Day Saints? That it is
grievOus blot on the name of our fair
country. and that the time is fast ap.
lproaching when the blot on our es-
cutcheon will he wiped out in some
way. are self evident propositions.
The system itself was founded by
men whose sole guide WAS theirhrulal
impulses. Brigham Young, for thirty
years hailed as their prophet, was
the most obscene AMI brutal of men,
and enriched himself and family hy
Carrying out the repugnant ideas of
the church Of the Latter Day Saints.
Look moment only at their past
history and at facts CLEANED by the
courts of law which investigate the
lmatHr since Joseph Smith translated
s' 4ss-+'sstiilit ss44-ggeIden Bible. They
have been ut war thirteen times.
That is, open conflict with the gov
eminent or people, and over one
thousand people have lost their lives.
In New York two families, which
constituted the church. kept two
counties in an uproar and sixty peo-
pie declared on their oaths that they
would not believe the Prophet on
oath.
The second settlement in Ohio
turned out badly. They Issued $40.
600 in paper money which was never
redeemed, and were pursued sixty
miles 10y the Sheriff. In Clay coun.
ty, Missouri, they lived one year,
when the people unanimC usly re-
quested them to leave. Afterward
driven to Illinois, from which they
were driven at the point of the hayn-
net. The main body eventually SET
tied in Utah. After 1910 it ceased TO
he an American church only few
of the leaders and Il minority of the
laity were Americans, the main body
rapidly became foreign born.
Tie "Kingdom of God" with plpn.
~ of wives DOME suit the intelligent
American. Concuhinage don't -four.
ish on our soil. This the leaders
knew, and system of proselyling in
Europe. the abntIes of most dense ig-
nOrance, among the poor and ignOr.
ant of all countries they have piled
their trade, until it is now estimated
that nine.tenthS are foreign born.
The bloody era of 1856 to 1868 can
he well called the bloody era. The
idea of blood atonement led the Nor
mons to muruer more than two hun.
dred persons, of whom one hundred
aud thirty-one met their death at the
atiOci1us "MOunlain Meadow Massa
cre."
The religion itself, as far as can be
CLEANED from accounts given 10y those
who have escaped, from residents of
the Territory, is one of sensuality of
the grtI|pst kind, and not tempered
with the least hit of charity or mrr.
cy. Fanatici,m is plant of noxious
growth, and given an ignorant pe0-
pie led on by knavish and blood
thirsty leaders. aud you can look for
just such harvest of crime As rharac-
terized the bloody era Of Utah.
A family catechism WAS one time
prepared. which was so utterly in.
/ decent that Brigham han them sup.
! pressed for fear of their effect on The
people at large who were inimical TO
the church.
They look hack to the Old Tesla
mont. The bloody maxims of the
old Mosaic code Redeemed every page
of their sermons. The present pOii-
cy of the church. though, Is entirely
different. They have Eut on the garb
of peace. They let on to he martyrs ;
deny polygamy. while every day in
Salt Like City women can I've met
with children on their a:mS the fat q
ers of which they dare not reveal,
and would not under torture.
They send missionaries to prose-
Lyle; to pose rs martyrs and tell peo-
iple that, they have been terribly per-
secuted for what? For trying to de
stroy our homes.
Christ says Therefore shall man
leave father and mother and cIeavp
unto his wife and they twain" BY
the laws of every state, civilized and
enlightened, poIyganIy is a crime.
Our nations prosperity depends uvOn
the homes of the people. What the
MormOns call religion offers a perpet-
ual premium to mems lu|ls and bru
tai instincts. Its teachings kill the
| oar,,, nf chastity in fha hpartI ,,f